The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-22
SENATOR GEORGE, or Mss.
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PRESENTS A BILL AUTHORIZING
THE GEORGIA PACIFIC Gu.
To Build Bridges Across the Sun
flower, YaZOO and 1Ombigbee
Rivers.
THE WIFE OF SENATOR VOOR-
HE'S DEAO.
Bill Introduced by Senator Riddls BEL
ger 10 Abolish the Mississippi
River Commission.
IsPEcIAL TO THE APPKAL.I


BUREAU CT THE MEMPHIS APPEAL,
No. 1906 f STREET, WASHINGTON, ID. u,
January PA more explicit and bet
ter framed bill than that introduced
for the same purpose short Tins ago
by Senator Walthall, was presan' ed
today by Senator George, anthor zing
the Georgia Pacific Railway @ mpany,
of Alabama and Mississippi, TO cor
s'ruc. bridges acro,s the Sur flower,
Yszoo and Ton bigbee rivers, in Ms
sissippi, provided that such crossing
OF the Ysz1o shall be between the
mouth Of the Yallobushs on the north
and tire upper month OF Roebuck
lake on the south. O,her provisions
we're to insure the rights # the United
States over the bridges and the free
nav CATION Of the Tives.
TIKI MIssIss PPI COMMISSION USELESS.
Ssnator Riddleberger introducd, at
the request If Osp.. John Cowden, of
New Orleans, two bills, one to abolish
the "usel6ss and extravsgent" Missis-
sippi river Commisson and the other
t. pay Cowden $4,000 as soon as he
shall have made naNigsble harbor
st Vicksburg, provided it be done
within three years.
THE CHANGES AT THE VAN BUREN,, ARK,
WHARF.
The Secretary f War today trans
mi ted to he House the report of
Capt II. S. Tabor on the changes
VIII CHI have cccuIre in the harbor of
Van Buren,, Ark. 1t elbows that in
1884 the wharf at Van Buren, could
be reached at any stage ofthe riv by
the boats navigating the upper river,
and that in 1885 the wharf could not
be reached by any boat navigating the
upper river at the three foot stsgs.
He estimates that tho bar which
causes the difficulty coul d be removed,
il handled at once, by building bur
die dixie $50 feet long at point 70 &
HUNDRED yards above, at a cost OF
about IS per lineal foot, and he recon
mends that $4,000 shou d be appropri-
ated for the purpose.
UNsRL IN THE BELL TELEPHONE CASE
VIM. E. Sirowbridge, of the patent
law firm Of StrowbridSe 4 Taylor
Philat elphia, has been appointed
special counsel for the government in
the suit against the Bell Telephone
Company.
MRS. VOORHEES, DEAD.
Mrs. Voorhees,, the wife OF Senator
Voorhees,, died at their residence in
this city at 5 o'clock this afternoon oil
acute peritonitis. She was taken sick
on Monday last with congestive chile
followed by inflammation of tbs
bowels, which terminated fatally. Tht
remains will be taken to Terre Haute
Ind., p obably tonight, and the fuDera
services will be- held there on Sunday
next. Her death was quiet anG
peaceable and she passed away sur
Iour ded by all her immediate family
her husband, three grown cons anC
one grown daughter. Mra. VOORHEES,
was born in Greencastle, Ind, il
1882, aud was the daughter of Mr.
Reese Hsrdej ty of that place. She
was a member of st. Johns Episcopa
! Church of this city, and was highl!
, esteemed by those who knew her.
( THIRD DAYS sEs SION CT TIE NATIoNA
BOARD OF TRADE.
The National Bard of Trade met il
. lis third days session at 10 o'cloc
3 this morning. The first subject di,
gu sed was the resolution fav1r,n
/, vsrnment aid in the improvemeu
OF the Columbia (Ore.) river. Senate
: Dolph spoke in ils favor. The resolr
Z, ton was rel cted.
o The following revolution was sui
! mitted by the Chicago Board Of Trad
l. and was adopted after short discu
sion:
9 Resolved, That the immediate after
d ton of the National Congress be Gale
to the effecE of contagious diseases /
l. animals upon the i0ternal and exte
j. nal commerce Of the country, and tn
necessity for such leg station as wi
% provide for the cont oil aud supp Q
70 sion OF such diseases.
A resolution, proposed by the Gil
cinnai Chamber OF Commerce, sdvt
Q eating the repeal Of go much OF tn
is Bland law Es provides for The arb
is trary purchase Of bullion and coinss
d of standard silver dollars, and sutho
D. ling the President of the Unite
is States to take such steps in the int
as national Intercourse and treaty as wi
g. promptly tend toward the establish
ment OF q uniform information
1T system OF bimetalism, and
le make such appropriations as may /
a. necessary to make the President
10 authority in this matter effectiv
was also adopted. A resolution ali
IN submitted by the Cincinnati Chsmb
le OF Commerce asking Congress to col
n, slider at an early day the fsssibili
and prRcticablity Of converting 81 ,00C
It. OOO, 900 of the present bonded de
into long term bonds, barring intere
o; at the rate OF per cent. per snnur
with a view to the use of them as 6
n, curly for national banks Issues, 90
DIS eminent deposits, and other forms
o. trust, was, after brief discussio
re adopted.
!" A resolution to the effect that Il
most imperative and pressing du
H. imposed upon Congress is the ado
At ton OF measures necessary to prote
or aud fortity the coast and seaports
in our country and to make adsqus
h: app ouriations therefor, and tha, Il
ed defense Of the harboIs Of New Yo
and San Francisco should be the wo
lat first undertaken, rs Involving t
he largest rick and being the least pl
~ tected OF our larger cities, was ado
ie- ed, as was also q resolution propos
hy the New York Board OF Trade
10 Transportation fsvoring reciproc
treaties with Canada and the Repu
lies of Mexico and San Domingo, p
N vided that they be truly reciprocal
their provisions.
'SS ALL EYES on RANDALL.
All eyes are on Mr.. Randall nov
Oh days. Every move that he makes
ui- carefully noted and analyzed.so far
the watchers are able 10 analyxa
Ao III IN Ia IA u q E..,nnlinI. IL